Awakened Dreams: Raji's Journeys with the Mirror Dede | 
| Author: Ahmet Hilmi
Publisher: Shambhala
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 138
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0939660458
Dewey Decimal Number: 894.3533
EAN: 9780939660452
ASIN: 0939660458
Publication Date: September 12, 1999
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Awakened Dreams was written in the early 1900s at the end of the Ottoman era by Ahmet Hilmi?humorist, revolutionary, and Sufi mystic. Raji?a young man disillusioned with science, philosophy, religion, and with life as he knows it?meets a grandfather-like "madman" who lives in a cemetery and wears clothes patched with bits of mirrors. The Mirror Dede, though apparently mad, makes more sense than anyone Raji has ever met. From time to time they drink coffee together, and as the old man plays a reed flute, Raji's transformation is mirrored through a series of awakened dreams. He experiences changes of perception which show to him the limitations of our ordinary human faculties, and he encounters various prophets and holy beings who reveal to him the secret of his own existence. This book has the charm of Hesse's Siddhartha, the wry humor of a Vonnegut novel, and the visionary wisdom of Castaneda's Don Juan series. It continues to be used as a vibrant teaching tale in many Sufi circles. Though a story of mythical dimensions, Awakened Dreams is not a fantasy but a transcription of the spiritual journey based on Hilmi's own experience.
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One of a kind! February 24, 2002
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Most sufi books are either written by sufi sheikhs with a very symbolical discourse and thus, difficult to penetrate, or are written by academic researchers, who are not involved in sufi practices and therefore lack on mystical understanding. This book, however, is in a class of its own. By reporting his mystical journeys under ney-induced trance, the author gets his message through to that part of ourselves that understands without words, that can "feel" the message. My girlfriend even had a mystical experience while reading this book! I'm sure any sufi student will love it.
Fascinating Mystical Adventure June 4, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This spiritual classic begins in an engaging way, presenting the narrator in the nadir of the human condition; disillusioned with material existence and skeptical of theological arguments. The mirror Dede is a homeless guru Raji meets in a graveyard and from there the story progresses through a series of metaphoric dreams and events towards Raji's enlightenment.I found Raji's conversion a bit less convincing than I would have desired, and the metaphors often seem less about making a strong case for a spiritual reality than about criticizing other philosophical systems; nevertheless this is an important work of spiritual philosophy.
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